Gemcitabine potentiates the anti-tumour effect of radiation on medullary thyroid cancer.

Patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) are often diagnosed with spread tumour disease and the development of better systemic treatment options for these patients is important. Treatment with the radiolabelled somatostatin analogue 177Lu-octreotate is already a promising option but can be optim...

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Main Authors: Viktor Sandblom, Johan Spetz, Emman Shubbar, Mikael Montelius, Ingun Ståhl, John Swanpalmer, Ola Nilsson, Eva Forssell-Aronsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225260